Windows Driver. Version A1

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1 Version A1

2 Introduction The Windows driver (also called KUWPD) allows Users to print from Windows Operating System based applications. By design, the driver supports faster spooling and advanced printing features including standard and reverse print collation, supports automated accounting for job tracking purposes and applying digital stamps on printed documents. Standard (ANSI, ARCH, ISO) paper sizes and Media type selection is available within the driver. distributed in any form without express written permission from

3 Index System Requirements... 1 Printing Preferences Overview... 3 Paper / Scaling... 4 Paper Size... 4 Media Type... 4 Scaling... 5 Paper Scaling... 5 Orientation... 6 Media Source... 6 Alignment... 6 Copies / Output... 7 Copies... 7 Collation... 7 Page Order... 7 Mirroring... 7 Invert... 7 Stamping... 8 Stamps... 8 Job / Set Separator... 8 Header Monochrome Only... 8 Printer Options... 9 Folding... 9 Output Feeder (4820/9148/8148 Only)... 9 Output Format... 9 Accounting Printer Status Requirements Installation of the Microsoft Certified Windows Driver Uninstall Previous Windows Driver Version Installing KUWPD (Automatic) Installing KUWPD (Manual) Windows 7 Device Experience Appendix Printing Hints distributed in any form without express written permission from

4 System Requirements The Windows driver allows printing from Microsoft Windows 7, Vista and XP (Service Pack 3) in 32 and 64 bit editions as well as 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2 Server operating systems. (Windows 2000, 9x and NT is not supported) Recommended PC Specifications: 1.8 GHz clock speed 512 MB RAM Harddisk of 40 GB or more DVD-ROM Windows XP/Vista/7 Windows Server 2003, /64 bit OS compatible Microsoft.Net Framework 3.5 is required on all operating systems Windows 2008 Server R2 requires installation of additional features. These features are not installed by default with the Widows 2008 Server R2 OS. Desktop Experience Ink and Handwriting Services o Ink Support Windows Process Activation Service o o o Process Model.NET Environment Configuration APIs.NET Framework Features o.net Framework o WCF Activation HTTP Activation Non-HTTP Activation Please ensure that client applications and operating systems are up-to-date as possible, in terms of version, available service packs and Microsoft hot fixes

5 The driver can be downloaded from the website. It is also included on all software & operation guide CD s. The driver may also be obtained using PrintNET. Please see the PrintNET documentation for more information

6 Printing Preferences Overview Windows Driver for version 7.2 software has been redesigned allowing users to quickly identify features and functions to be adjusted at print times. These functions are categorized along the top of the driver using tabs. Tab Name Paper / Scaling Copies / Output Stamping Printer Options Accounting Printer Status Management Features / Functions Control paper size, orientation scaling, media source and alignment Number of copies, collation, page order, mirror or invert Add digital stamps, headers or job / set separators Control folding, output format and stacking (4820/9148/8148 only) Input Username, Job number or description where required View IP address, version number, consumables, meters and install Request Allows accounting to be used from windows applications

7 Paper / Scaling Paper Size Select the output page size. Please note that the printer may have a roll installed that may be larger than the selection. This feature is very important in wide format printing from CAD applications and MS Excel. This is a feature that is required in CAD applications where the image size may vary from one image to the next such as: 36 x 60 for the first document then 24 x 80 for the next. The Custom Size feature allows the users much simpler access for several capabilities: Choose any paper size on-the-fly without adding new paper sizes to the operating system (Printers and Faxes Server Properties Forms). Choose different and non-standard paper sizes for each and every document. Choose very long paper sizes. It is not necessary to exactly match the document length to the output length; the users can intentionally choose a longer length for the media size. For example, if the image is meant to fit on 36 wide media, but the user isn t sure about the length of the media required, the user can set a very long length (up to 200 feet) and the white space (extra paper) at the end of the document will automatically be removed. This prevents any waste of media without an image (using GL format) Media Type The printer may have more than one media type installed. These types may include bond, vellum and film. This feature allows printing onto a media type of your choice it the media has been installed. Custom Media will also be read and available if installed in the printer. Custom media types are configurable via PrintNET

8 Scaling Many Windows applications have their own scaling capabilities built into the "print menu". For example: Adobe Acrobat or Photoshop and MS PowerPoint allow for some form of Scale to Page type feature. Some Windows applications such as MS Word and MS Excel do not allow for scaling to engineering and architectural wide format paper sizes. The Scaling feature in KUWPD allows the user to set a percentage to enlarge the document to fit the paper size desired when scaling is not included in the application. Example: No scale used scale applied to enlarge image Paper Scaling Many Windows applications have their own scaling capabilities built into the "print menu". For example: Adobe Acrobat or Photoshop and MS PowerPoint allow for some form of Scale to Page type feature. Some Windows applications such as MS Word and MS Excel do not allow for scaling to engineering and architectural wide format paper sizes. The Paper Scaling feature in KUWPD allows the user to set an output length and width to enlarge the document to fit the paper size desired when scaling is not included in the application; this might include non-standard page sizes. Note: if a non-standard page size is selected, the printer may print on the closest size roll, however scale will not be affected. Example: No scale used scale applied to enlarge image

9 Orientation There are four types of orientation in the driver: Landscape, Reverse Landscape, Portrait and Reverse Portrait. This ensures that any document may be rotated properly for folding or stacking purposes. Examples: Selection of the orientation should take into account the design or layout from within the application. If an incorrect orientation is selected the page size can be rotated incorrectly and image may be lost in the final printed output. Media Source Select output media source from roll media, cut sheet media and paper tray media. Cut sheet media is available up to sizes 36x48 and is only available in standard architectural or engineering sizes. Paper may be required to be inserted into the printer prior to printing. Alignment Change alignment (image position) on the printed output from the left, center or right placement

10 Copies / Output Copies Select the total number of copies you wish to print. The range is from 1 to 999. Collation If the document to be printed contains more than one page, collation may be important. Collation may be enabled or disabled per user requirements. Collation ON Printed output order: 1, 2, 3,, 1, 2, 3,., 1, 2, 3,. etc. for each print set (copies) Collation OFF Printed output order: 1, 1, 1,., 2, 2, 2,., 3, 3, 3,.etc. for each print set (copies) Page Order If the document to be printed contains more than one page, collation order may be important. To allow the pages to be reversed printed (last page first), user can select this function. Please note that the application must also support multiple page printing. Mirroring Select Mirror ON to print a mirrored print of the image on the printed page. Invert Select Invert ON to reverse black versus white colors on a monochrome printer

11 Stamping Stamps Apply a digital stamp to the printed output. The Windows driver will load the list of available stamps that are configured using either Request or PrintNET. It is not possible to modify these stamps using the driver. For information on configuring stamps or placing them on the IPS, please see the Request or PrintNET documentation. Job / Set Separator Enable a Job or Set separator to be printed that outlines the name of the printed sheet, number of copies and square footage per sheet and total. Job Separator prints after the entire job has finished Set Separator prints after the completion of each set Header Monochrome Only A text header can be placed on lead edge or trail edge of the printed document. The text header includes job accounting information such as username and job number information as well as the file name. Text here - 8 -

12 Printer Options Folding If the printing system is configured with an optional folding device, users may select the output folding packet per print job. Folding packets are configured via PrintNET. Output Feeder (4820/9148/8148 Only) The 4820/9148/8148 MFP allows for the selection of print stacking. Print stacking may be selectable to the front stacker or the optional rear stacker. Stacking options may be configured using the 4820/9148/8148 touch screen user interface. Output Format Based on requirement, the KUWPD allows users to select their preferred method of creating hard copy output using 2 different output formats, also known as dual output printer language selection. Using Printing Preferences in the driver, users can select either Script or GL. Script Output Format Script (emulates Postscript output) when printing from applications that function best when outputting Postscript data. For example: Adobe Acrobat functions best when using Postscript output. Other graphics applications including Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel work well with Script output. GL Output Format GL (emulates HP-RTL) when printing from CAD applications that may not have a pre-built compatible driver. The GL output can be further enhanced by making changes to the pen table on the IPS via - 9 -

13 PrintNET. Features like line width compensation and RTL dither allow users to achieve exceptional quality when using the GL output format. NOTE The PDF option is required for printing Script data. Please contact your local dealer for details. NOTE When using the GL output format, the default.pen - Pen Table at the Controller will also control some of the printing features. Features such as Vector Line Dither Pattern, RTL Raster Dither, RTL Density, and Line Width Compensation are used during conversion for printing. After making changes to the default.pen, it is advisable to restart the IPS. NOTE Certain applications work better depending on the Output Format. Applications using heavy raster or photographic data work best with Script type output. Examples: Adobe Acrobat products, Adobe Illustrator Products, Adobe Photoshop Products and Corel Draw based products. Microsoft applications generally work well with either output format. Examples: Microsoft Word, Excel, Project

14 Accounting The IPS has the ability to account for each print produced. This allows for job/department costing. Three fields exist in the driver to allow the user to include this information. These fields are: Requester Distribution Description Automated Accounting The Windows Driver fully supports Automated Accounting if configured in PrintNET or Request. For information on how to set up Unified accounting please see the Request or PrintNet documentation. The Requester, Job Number and Description fields under Printing Preferences can be set to use operating system environment variables. These are enabled by default. Examples: The Requester field can be set to %Username% to automatically determine the login name of the user currently accessing the PC. The Description field can be set to %Computername% to automatically determine the computer name of the host PC sending the print job data

15 Printer Status Printer Status shows the current status information of the attached printer. View loaded consumables such as paper type, size and amount remaining, toner status (if available), printer meters and driver version. Installation of the PC based job submittal application Request is possible from Printer Status. For more information on Request, please view the Request documentation. At the bottom of each tab is listed the current printer status. Any error conditions will be reported in this area. This information is refreshed each time the printer driver is accessed or if a user clicks on the Refresh button from the Printer Status tab

16 Requirements The Unified Windows Printer Driver (KUWPD) allows printing from Microsoft Windows 7, Vista and XP (Service Pack 3) in 32 and 64 bit editions as well as 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2 Server operating systems. (Windows 2000, 9x and NT is not supported) Microsoft.Net Framework 3.5 is required on all operating systems Windows 2008 Server R2 requires installation of additional features. These features are not installed by default with the Widows 2008 Server R2 OS. Desktop Experience Ink and Handwriting Services o Ink Support Windows Process Activation Service o Process Model o.net Environment o Configuration APIs.NET Framework Features o.net Framework o WCF Activation HTTP Activation Non-HTTP Activation Please ensure that client applications and operating systems are up-to-date as possible, in terms of version, available service packs and Microsoft hot fixes. The driver can be downloaded from available website as well as being included on all software & operation guide CD s. The driver may also be obtained using PrintNET. Please see the PrintNET documentation for more information

17 Installation of the Microsoft Certified Windows Driver Uninstall Previous Windows Driver Version 1. Go Start Settings Printers and Faxes 2. Remove the installed Printer Object and any other printer objects connected using available port(s) 3. Go to File Server Properties Ports 4. Remove any Ports in this list a. This includes any x port 5. Go to File Server Properties Drivers and remove any Printers in this list 6. Go to Start Run and type Net Stop Spooler 7. Go to C:\Windows\System32\Spool\Drivers\W32x86 8. Delete anything that starts with a KA, KI or KU 9. Go to the folder named 2 and remove anything KA, KI or KU a. Within W32x86\2\temp please remove any a KA, KI or KU.tmp files 10. Go to the folder named 3 and remove anything KA, KI or KU a. Within W32x86\3\temp please remove any KA, KI or KU.tmp files 11. Go back to C:\Windows\System32 and remove the kaw2kppm.dll and kuwxppm.dll (if present) 12. Go to Start Run and type Net Start Spooler 13. To remove System Registry entries: a. Navigate to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers b. Remove any Printer object keys c. Navigate to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors d. Remove Monitor or Printer Port Monitor(s) 14. Reboot the Server if any files or registry keys could not be removed from the previous procedure (or an Access Denied error message is seen)

18 Installing KUWPD (Automatic) 1. Download KUWPD directory to a local PC drive location for ease of use. This is found either on the Software Installation CD or from PrintNET. 2. Unzip to a temporary location on the Workstation / Server 3. Double-click on WPD.exe to begin the installation process 4. WPD.exe automatically will try to find installed Printers on the network. If printers are found, please select the appropriate model from the list. 5. If no printers are found, please enter the IP address of the printer, select the appropriate model and type in a printer name that will be visible to the user 6. Click Install to continue 7. During installation the routine will automatically: a. Create the Standard TCP / IP Port b. Modify the port with the proper port number (8421) and IP address c. Create the Windows printer driver object (visible to the user) d. Install the necessary printer driver files e. Bind the printer driver to the proper Standard TCP / IP port

19 Installing KUWPD (Manual) 1. Download KUWPD directory to a local PC drive location for ease of use. This is found either on the Software Installation CD or from PrintNET. 2. Unzip to a temporary location on the Workstation / Server 3. Go to Start Devices and Printers 4. Click Add a Printer 5. Click Add a local printer 6. Select Create a new port Standard TCP / IP Port 7. Type the Hostname or IP address of the Printer. This may be found on the? screen of the printer touch screen software. 8. Select Custom Settings from Device Type 9. Modify the Port Settings as follows: a. Protocol Raw b. Raw Settings Port Number

20 10. Click Have Disk and browse for plotter.inf from the appropriate OS version directory 11. Select the correct Printer model from the list 12. Follow the prompts to complete the installation of the printer driver. WINDOWS 7 and VISTA NOTE: It may be necessary to install the printer driver using elevated administrative privileges depending on the security level of UAC (User Access Control) settings

21 Windows 7 Device Experience 7.2 software utilizes a collection of new Windows 7 features to improve how users of systems can access printer status and submit print jobs utilizing print submission applications. The Windows 7 Device Experience is automatically installed when a PC is connected to the internet. Once installed, a user is presented with a system icon depicting their installed system. Double-clicking on the graphic will load the Windows Device Experience. By selecting Windows 7 Devices and Printers users can view and select the systems that are connected their network. Printer icon makes it easy to identify your installed printer Identifies printer status and the number of jobs in the print queue Identifies printer settings relating to print size and orientation Launch Request to submit print jobs via PC based application Launch PrintNET to submit print jobs via web interface application

22 Appendix Printing Hints Issue: Adobe Acrobat 6.X products, when printing with GL output language and large size (E-Size or larger) documents has potential to miss or clip off data prematurely. Solution: Adobe Acrobat 7.X products correct this issue. Acrobat 6.X requires the use of Script output to solve this issue (choose Script in the drivers Printing Preferences prior to opening Acrobat 6) Issue: Printing from Adobe products such as Acrobat Reader requires Postscript output. Solution: Default the Printing Preferences of the driver to Script prior to opening the Adobe application. Printing of Script data also requires the Postscript option on the Controller. Issue: The output format for driver MUST be chosen before entering an application to ensure proper output format. Solution: Ensure output format is set in Printing Preferences before launching an application. Issue: Printing from AutoCAD products with large and/or complex amounts of embedded raster objects will cause a very large output file / spool file size. Solution: It is suggested to use dedicated ADI/HDI for complex raster printing from AutoCAD products